Sheet-collating device, &amp;c.



M. F. CREAHAN.

SHEET COLL-TING DEVICE. 61c. APPLICATION mzu JULY 8 1914 1 ,271 ,28 1 Patented July 2, 1918.

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To all whom it mdy'oomem Be it kndwn'thiii; 1mm AE'L F. meme n Bgookl" n borough, i the e of K is, city an state dfiNe v York, haze ihvefid certain new an" useful "Im r vem nfs in Sheet Coll'atihg Devices Eric-1., fWh oh the following is afepee lfieefii iinr This inventioh i'elates to eellatihg Sheets for use in ase'mblin' '1; efeefi edmmefcial sheets such as a le i S eet,-'with statement, invoice (ii-0'1; e1 Sheet, 011" he pllrpofs'e 0f infirqkiffldin' 'them' eeliaitive'ly into a typewritin mqc ifhe, gene-e2 items Written 'upon the x fem 'sheet ma inf e same operation be reco'rdetl upon the ledger sheet or'the 'eqiiivalent' thereef, aha whei'eby the item sheets as, suec eemly assembled with the led er sheet may be eon-wa positioned thereol'l ferfthe' liiiee bf Wflfi'n" upgn SfiQ- cee'dihg t'em heets 6 withf'gdnsecuti'v'e w i'itin lineg gipon t er sheet. A :furthei object of the inventiop to 13mm duc a collatin' 'shee't simple and e90- nomical ehar'a ter possessing cenvenient means fol? readily asemiflhl end 1H 'therebn the various sheets to be emjil res smxmtm of we r wigylfiialtiep gm .fiily a, 1 914. Sezjgl 11 $64 5..

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having a carriage 2, line-space wheel il and H line-space lever 4 compr sing an arm (iztoop crate aaslide 7 and pawl 5,fcarried thereby. The pawl drives the ratchet wheel 3 to effect line-space rotations of the platen. The paper table 8 is also shown, and a portion of a typee'banflt isv Seen in the act of writing stri p mjay', extend from top to bottom of said sheet, and 'may be secured in that position as by a. line of stitches 12 composed of thread, i or other suitable material. The

the opposite side edges of said strip 11, said line of stitches being set inwardly from the oiiter l eft -hand edges of the strip and collat ing sheet to maintain the integrity of the union effected thereby; The ortion of said strip ll'on the ri ht-hand si e of said line of stitches provi es a flap 13 withample seating capacity for the left-hand edges of the sheets to be held thereby. At the same timethe' extent of said flap is so limited that it will not lie over the writing portions of the work-sheets. At the opposite or right hand side of the collating sheet its side ed e portion is turned over upon the face of t e collating sheet, forming a flap 14 extending throughout the length of the sheet 10 and being free. swing open to receive worksheetslaid upon the collating sheet, andthcn to fold over and secure the right-hand edges of said work-sheets when introducing them into the typewriting machine and as introdiiced therein,

)Beftrs fo'ldin the flap 14 over upon the k-she t g ti are-11 10 er a ga "n andalini i or squeal; str1pf15 which ig p aced parali i to upper portion of the collating sheet and ear said edge but slightly removed from it, so that it will beat right-angles to th i li l V ld i P 1 said st ip b ing secured to theasheet 10 'as by a line of stitches 1 6, the,metho' of connection employed prefgabWeOneSpO ai g to u e for the strip 11. i

' inpl oying the collatlng sheet, a reoord 2 .12? $1 Shoat 1'1, is placed Ides-ii 13 5,, c ortlqllil8 i beniilatli fia 13', nd {5 sh t 1m .9 1. a mg i ith; its I w adQQYea .byjthii gage 9P1; lhfll e ,l'l may he promeans, s apertures 19, for

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us secure them, the latter p it may bea ve aed a d ts able e theperforate or weakened line 22 t w r t Then the flap 14st the right hand side of the collating 'sheet'is turned over upon the sheets and the whole introduced to the platen in the usual manner, the strip 15 *formingarr introductory sheet edge binding to facilitate entry of the several "sheets between the platen and feed rolls 0 the typewriting machine in the usual manner for feeding across the printing portion of the platen, as under the operations of the line-spacing mechanism.

Writing is then performed upon the invoice, upon' the completion whereof the collating sheet with its assembled work-sheets is removed from the machine. After noting the line numberfor the last entry that had been made uponthe invoice, the latter is re,- IlllOVfidy and, a' new invoice; may subsequently be inserted in its place,.the new invoice being so adjustednpon the ledger sheet with relation to the graduations or scale 20 upon the strip 13 of the collating sheet, that the first line of writing upon the new invoice will be in alinement with the graduation next succeedin the graduation whose numeral indicated t e last line of writin of the old in voice. Therefore since. the iadger sheet re mains in its original gaged and squared position upon the collating sheet, the new invoice will :have its to edge at a. point distant from the top, edge .0 said collating sheet and away from the strip 15, wherefore said new invoice will besupported upon the collating sheet by the fla 13. and Malone. This new invoice, an also succeeding invoices, will be adjusted with sufiicient accuracy in their positions b squaring them against one of the seats a orded by the flaps 13 or 14, but the ledger sheet wlllalways be positively alined and gaged in the manner stated, so that succeedmg'lines may appear thereon, as different invoices are recorded thereover, with a, proper degree of accuracy.

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gin portion 21 can be inserted under the flap 13, i s Iupper,portion being .gaged and alined ,with the str lp l asibfore. vWith the detach li a gniagl a portion 21, thus en aged, ereof will extendiusticutsiderof the flap 13,. (see.

7) to;;a.llow ,writin,g upon the reverse 1e theddgersheet up to the terminal edge; thereohrepresented by said line 22; the marginal portioufll comprism a merely emp rary; m rge 1 P61131011 .w cmby the v dg r sh t in i s re e sed w tmn may be ,Sll

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voices of less width, they may be provided With detachable right-hand portions. In Fig. 4 will be seen an invoice having a detachable portion 23, and a divisional, Weakened or perforated line 24 allowing the severance; the right-hand detachable portion comprising, if desired, a stub portion containing items like records of old balance and new balance, which may have been impressed thereon, and consequently recorded also upon the ledger sheet in the appropriate columns thereof. Said stub portlon may thus have served the purpose of supporting the invoice on the collating sheet, and may or may not have other uses.

In addition to its service as a binder for the right-hand edge portions of the Worksheets, in securing them upon the collatin sheet 10 when the assembled sheets with the collating sheet are passing through a type- Writin machine, the right-hand flap 14 upon t e collating sheet is necessary to provide at the right-hand side a thickness equal to the thickness at the left-hand side, in order that the collating sheet with its assembled work-sheets may pass evenly between the platen and feed rolls, because, in the absence of the flap 14 or its equivalent, the difference in thickness at the right and left-hand sides of the passing sheets, due to the presence of the strip 11, would cause feeding askew, as is obvious.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used Without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A collating device for work-sheets to be placed in a typewriting machine having a round laten, said device comprising a flexible bd king sheet having a strip stitched at one side thereof to enable said device to readily conform to the typewriter platen, said strip forming an overlap, the overlap having a scale to cooperate with a similar scale on the work-sheet, said backing sheet also having on the side opposite said strip a flap foldable to overlie the work-sheets, and also having a flap parallel to the leading edge of the backing sheet and extending between said before-mentioned flaps, and terminatin short of both, said last-named flap spaced rom the leading edge to permit the device to enter readil between the typewriter platen and the usual pressure rolls.

A collating device for Work-sheets to be placed in a typewriting machine having a round platen, said device comprisin a flexible backing sheet having a flap stitched thereto adjacent and parallel to the leading edge, but spaced from said edge and forming a holder for one of the Work sheets, and also comprising a fla fixed to one side of the backing sheet an forming a side holder for the work sheets, said flap at the leading edge terminating short of the said side He MICHAEL F. GREAHAN.

Witnesses:

W. O. WESTPHAL, J ULIUS DUCKSTINE.

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